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(No Model. 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. B. RAY 86 E. DEPAY.

GLOVE.

Patented Oct. 1, 1889.

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(N0 Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. B. RAY & E. DEPAY.

GLOVE.

No. 411,999. Patented Oct. 1, 1889.

Whzesses Inventors W @JJL- Jmw FFICEQ JEAN BAPTISTE RA I AND EMILEDEPAY, OF LYONS, FRANCE, ASSIGNORS TO THE SOCIETE I EYRON CAHEN &OOMPAGNIE, OF SAME PLACE.

GLOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 41 1,999, dated October1,1889.

Application filed December 28, 1888. Serial lie-294,882. (No model.)Patented in France April 28, 1888,1ilo. 190,4=19. and in England October25, 1888,1I0. 15,365.

To aZZ whom it may concern.- incisions a b a, formed by cutting outpieces Be it known that we, JEAN BAPTISTE RAY in the shape of smalltongues, said incisions and EMILE DEPAY, citizens of the Republic beingmade along lines continued from the of France, residing at Lyons,Department of slits forming the divisions between the finger- 5 Rhone,in the Republic of France, have inpieces. The seam or seams which areformed vented certain new and useful Improvements when these threeincisions a b c are closed in Gloves, (for which we have received promaybe covered by the embroidery generally visional protection in England,dated October provided at this part. The sides of each in- 25, 1888, No.15,365, and for which a patent cision meet at an acute angle toward thetop,

10 has been granted to us in France, dated April so as when closed tofollow perfectly the 23,1888, No. 190,419,) of which the following shapeof the fork between the fingers in a is a specification. single seam,which meets one of the single This invention relates to improvements inseams running along each of the fingers. On gloves, whereby the use offourchettes (aiguilaccount of the extra width of the upper parts i 5lettes) or pieces between the fingers may be of the fingers the latterseams are led toward dispensed with, a construction which will retheinner part of the hand, so that there are duce by about one-half thenumber of seams no finger-seams apparent at the back of the whichinclose the fingers and will allow the hand. This avoids the necessityof further glove to be cut or formed in one single smoothing of theleather.

20 piece, except as regards the thumb, which is In the modified form ofblank illustrated in made separately, as usual. Hitherto thissup- Fig. 2each incision a l) c is cut out of a pression of the fourchettes hasonly been obfinger-piece on the side nearest the thumb. tained at theexpense of spoilingthe form and The edge (1 c of the blank which closesthe elegance of the glove; but by this invention glove on the side ofthe little finger is consethe cutting out and making are not onlysimquently made slightly bulging. The effect of plified, but the glovesare improved from this modification is to draw the seams which everypoint of view. run along the fingers on the side nearest to In carryingout the manufacture of our the thumb farther toward the interior of theimproved glove the material for the back of hand and to lead theembroidery, which 0 the fingers is out rather wider than usual, socovers the incision seams, in the direction of that each finger-piececan be turned down at the divisions between the fingers. The shape eachside to meet the corresponding fingerof the glove is thus much improved.pieces forming the front or palm of the glove In further modifications(shown in Figs. 3 without the upper part of the glove when and a) thenumber of incisions is reduced to A 35 finished being necessarilywidened, and-thus two or even to one, In the latter case (see forminguncomfortable and unsightly creases. Fig. 3) the single incision a is ofcourse In the drawings, Figurel is a plan View of made larger than theincisionsin the preceda glove-blank, illustrating the manner of cutingexamples, since it alone must serve to ting the same. Figs. 2, 3, and 4are similar take in the excess of material in the upper 0 views ofmodifications. part of the hand. It is shown placed be- Beferring to thedrawings, the strips or tween the second and third fingers; but it 0blanks are so out that the part on one side of might quite as well beplaced between the an imaginary line A B, dividing the back first andsecond. from the palm, is perceptibly widened at the The divisionsbetween the fingers from base of the fingers or throughout the lengthwhich incisions are not out are preferably thereof, which are thereforerather wider slightly drawn in by small seamsf gh zi, which than thecorresponding finger-pieces on the are made a suitable length. otherside of said line, but this width is Referring to Fig. 4., when twoincisions m taken in on the hand by closing up the three 1% are cut outthe width of the same, though less than in the preceding example, mustbe sufficientto take in the excess of material, and, as bef0re,-there ispreferably a small seam p q between the fingers where there is noincision.

These examples of different arrangements will be sufficient to showthat, since the object to be attained is the reduction of the excess inthe width of the upper part of the glove, this object may be obtained byone or more incisions, the shape, Width, and direction of which aredetermined by the nature of the material employed-such as cotton, linen,leather, &c.and by the style and ornamentation of the glove to beproduced. At the same time it must be understood that the invention isby no means restricted to these arrangements, and that the number, form,and direction of the incisions may by varied according to circumstances;that the said incisions may be cut out or removed from the material, asabove described; or slits may be simply made without removing thematerial and then sewed up or seamed Ne claim as our invention A glovehaving the bodyand fingers formed of a single blank, said blank having aseries of front finger-pieces and a corresponding series of backfinger-pieces wider than said front series, the back of the glove beingcut away, whereby when the glove is sewed the increased width of thesaid back is taken up, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JEAN BAPTISTE RAY. EMILE DEPAY. Witnesses:

GEORGES FREYDIEB-DUBREUL, JEAN GERMAIN.

